The Process Prescription by Mark Spencer Palmer

This book a practical and comprehensive guide to help readers improve their business performance, reduce risks, and grow faster. The author, Mark Spencer Palmer, is an experienced process consultant and entrepreneur who shares his insights and methods for identifying, optimizing, and managing business processes.

The book is divided into four parts, each covering one of the four steps of the process prescription: define, design, deploy, and develop. Each part contains chapters that explain the concepts, tools, and techniques for each step, along with real-world examples and templates that readers can apply to their own situations. The book also provides tips and best practices for creating a process culture, engaging stakeholders, and fostering innovation.

The Process Prescription is not a theoretical or academic book, but a hands-on and action-oriented one. The author writes in a clear and engaging style, using simple language and analogies to make complex ideas easy to understand. He also uses humor and anecdotes to keep the reader entertained and motivated. The book is suitable for readers of all levels of experience and expertise, from beginners to experts, and from small businesses to large corporations.

The Process Prescription is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn how to leverage the power of processes to achieve their business goals. It is a book that will help you unlock the full potential of your organization and make it more efficient, effective, and adaptable. Whether you are a business owner, a manager, a consultant, or a student, you will find something useful and relevant in this book. The Process Prescription is a book that will change the way you think about and run your business.

In the business of product development, I often hear: "We lack documentation, we need to write down everything", and I even find myself thinking that, but when it comes to actually writing everything down, I am stuck wondering what is the goal of this document, what it should accomplish, and what actually needs to be written down. This book has and is the perfect answer to all of this.

Mark Spencer Palmer provided nicely put step-by-step on how to document processes, what you should be looking for, what questions you should answer, and ask others before writing anything down. This book is categorized as a business book, but no matter your field and title, it will serve you well, moreover, the author included examples for different fields of business/work, if explanation and description won't be enough. But, trust me, it will: no big words, no nonsense. It's a straight-up handbook with examples, references, and resources to dive deeper if you are willing to know more.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.